“Ellie,” the CEO of a high-growth fintech company, felt this pressure acutely. To reduce constant operational questions and spread the risk of consequential calls, she invited several board members to attend her executive leadership team (ELT) meetings and the meetings her C-level leaders held with their own teams. As Ellie later told us, she didn’t want the board reviewing difficult decisions from a distance; she wanted them standing with her in case those decisions went sideways.